PEDIATRICS Vol. 46 No. 6 December 1970, pp. 936
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Nosogenic Prehension of the Nasus by a Neonate: A Resumption of Fetal Posture

Garris K. Conner R.N.1 and Abner H. Levkoff M.D.1

1 Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of South Carolina, 80 Barre Street Charleston, South Carolina 29401

Occlusion of the nares by the same hand on three occasions, producing respiratory obstruction and cyanosis in a newborn infant in the immediate post-delivery period is described. It is presumed that this unusual behavior represented a temporary resumption of the fetal posture.